Carpenter Rocks Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Carpenter Rocks (5291) is a suburb of South, South East, South Australia. It is about 369 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Carpenter Rocks is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Carpenter Rocks was 177 and is comprised of approximately 44.6% females and 55.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Carpenter Rocks is 52 years of age.

87.5% of people living in the suburb of Carpenter Rocks were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.8% Netherlands, 2.8% Philippines, 1.7% England.

91.0% of people living in Carpenter Rocks speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Other, 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Carpenter Rocks is 30.1% No religion, 23.3% Catholic, 14.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 11.9% Anglican, 7.4% Lutheran, 5.7% Uniting Church, 3.4% Baptist, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed.

54.9% of people are married, 24.3% have never married and 16.7% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 3 widowed people living in Carpenter Rocks.

40.5% of the people living in Carpenter Rocks over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 39.2% are working on a part time basis. Carpenter Rocks has an unemployment rate of 12.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Carpenter Rocks are 25.4% Labourers, 21.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.9% Technicians & trades workers, 14.1% Managers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.5% Community & personal service workers, 4.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Carpenter Rocks work in are 25.4% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 25.4% Construction, 16.4% Accommodation and food services, 13.4% Manufacturing, 9.0% Wholesale trade, 6.0% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.5% Other services.

37.7% of homes are fully owned, and 26.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $542 per week and the median household income is $730 per week.

The median rent in Carpenter Rocks is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $867 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Carpenter Rocks postcode 5291